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From: kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: eternal-september database corruption.
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:36:33 +0200
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On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:05:02 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:07:59 +0200, kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:04:54 -0700, Justisaur wrote:
>>
>>> Just an FYI, if you're receiving a message about messages not being
>>> found there was an issue at eternal september where the database was
>>> corrupted.  They're working on restoring messages but it will take
>>> around 3 weeks.
>>> 
>>> You can see conversations about it at the newsgroup
>>> eternal-september.support.
>>
>>we need more usenet servers methinks. having everyone on one service is
>>an issue. For some reason Eternal September has become the standard to
>>go to for free access to text groups. I assume because unlike others it
>>was comparatively good with spam during the google groups spam waves.
> 
> It's got longevity on its side too. A lot of free NNTP servers are
> fly-by-night; they last only a few years before the person offering the
> service calls it quits (no blame on them; it's often a thankless job).
> Eternal September has been around since... 2009, it looks like (that's
> as far as the web.archive.org shows, anyway).

ES was around before that, but under the name Motzarella if I remember 
well. I don't know why Ray changed it back then, but my first account with 
him was under the different name. 

> 
> Switching between newsservers isn't hard, but it's an annoyance that
> most people don't want to deal with. Going with Eternal September, you
> have some confidence that you won't have to switch to some new server in
> six months. You can't say that about a lot of the other free offerings.

Unfortunately sometimes the problem is a bit more fatal, albasani.net used 
to be a rather steadfast free server, but that one got done in by the 
death of it's admin. 

But anyway, I realized lately that the usenet top1000 now doesn't even 
have 1000 servers in it anymore. I mean, this place has lain fallow for a 
while, but at least servers were running. That's not the case anymore. 
(and I realized my small uucp server is in the top 300)